Hot Tips for a Cool Wedding

Plan For The Happiest Day of Your
Life

One of the first things that you need to do is make
a wedding
plan,
decide who is helping you plan your special day, and stick with it!
Work a budget into the plan that is written in stone and stick
within your means no matter what.
Consider working with a professional wedding planner or consultant who
can help you find ways to save money.

Who's Paying for All This???

There are
lots of traditional ways to breakdown the wedding expenses and
financial responsibility assignments, following general outlines or
etiquette rules and
suggested practices. Traditionally, the bride's parents would
pay the lion's share of the bill, parents of the groom may wish to
contribute in some meaningful financial way or perhaps pay for specific
things, or even share
costs equally.

Other Ways of Paying

Some
couples choose to save up and pay for their own weddings, others use
the
kindness of benefactors, and other family members who want to
contribute and

lessen the financial burden. Couples and parents can find innovative
ways
to deal
with the expenses they face. They could set up a wedding account, where
everyone's
contributions are deposited. All bills are paid from that account, or
they could
split costs in three equal parts. Parents on both sides and the couple
each
take a third of the expenses and cover their portion of the cost.

Setting
up a master 'wedding account'

is always a great
idea to control
spending, manage budgets and avoid conflicts. You can ease the
financial
burden
this major life event is placing on everyone by offering a unique
service and
channel for anyone who feels they want to contribute. It also
provides the
family with the unique opportunity to have others provide cash.

Who Pays for the Clothes?

Traditionally the bride and/or her family would pay
for
the
bride's dress, veil and accessories; her mother's
dress and father's formal
wear as well as the bride's trousseau, honeymoon clothes and

lingerie. It is accepted practice that attendants pay
for their own
clothing, but in
some cases, especially where you have decided to share out the
expenses,
the wardrobe will be 'funded' so to speak. Rentals
that will have to be
returned and/or purchased, traditional, themed or even home-made
outfits are
always other options as well, depending on your wedding's
unique style, set-up
and context.

Reception

- the bulk of the cost for any wedding would
be the food and
drink, party rentals, music and entertainment of your guests on the big
day. Making it fit your budget is both a challenge and a joyful
endeavor! Cost cutting
suggestions and
innovative cost sharing, will all go a long way to assist you plan the
reception. Getting professional help from a seasoned, well-versed
wedding expert
will be
dollars saved in the end and a smart investment strategy to help you
curb costs
AND create the perfect ambience and backdrop for your wedding
celebrations. Do
not go the journey alone; consult often and frequently shop
around and be
creative, making your reception the one to remember without having to
break the
bank!

There are many things that you can
do to have a
perfect
wedding without spending a fortune doing it.

Save
Money on Your Wedding

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How to
have your fairytale wedding on a shoestring budget!
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